Show HN: htmz – a low power tool for HTML

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Htmz is a minimalist HTML microframework that swaps page fragments without reloading, using vanilla HTML and inline snippets. It repurposes URL fragments as destination selectors and relies on browser capabilities, with minimal JS.

Groq runs Mixtral 8x7B-32k with 500 T/s

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A GroqLabs AI Language Interface

Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendations

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HouseFresh monitors Google algorithm updates closely, as they can significantly affect their website's visibility. They prioritize quality content for readers over SEO manipulation, unlike some big media publishers who often recommend products without proper testing.

My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2022)

The author's transition to college necessitated a shift to organization, leading to a single text file system for productivity, complemented by an online calendar. This system, refined over 14 years, includes daily to-do lists, meeting notes, and a record of completed tasks.

The day I canceled my Spotify subscription

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The author recounts their initial admiration for Spotify's convenience and music access, despite the efforts to use it from Tunisia. Over time, dissatisfaction grew due to the app's lack of customization, pushy content, and realization that subscription fees do not directly support favored artists.

I broke IKEA (2023)

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The article describes a phone service's anti-spam feature which screens calls and uses a "DTMF bomb" against spam. An accidental use of this feature disrupted a legitimate call from IKEA confirming a delivery.

How to make a better default Firefox UI

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The article discusses the controversy and adjustments made to Firefox's UI after the release of version 89, leading to the end of support for legacy Windows in 2023. It also explores UI/UX design principles, the author's project to improve Firefox's UI, and comparisons with other browsers.

AstraZeneca unveils successes in treatment of lung cancer

The article offers complete digital access to FT journalism across devices, with various subscription options including cancellations anytime and discounts for upfront annual payments. It also promotes the FT print edition delivery service.

Castle Engine – Free open-source cross-platform 3D/2D game engine using Pascal

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The article highlights a versatile game design engine that supports both 3D and 2D development across multiple platforms, with extensive integration options. It emphasizes its open-source nature and compatibility with various tools, including IDEs and authoring software.

Show HN: PRQL in PostgreSQL

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PL/PRQL is a PostgreSQL extension for creating functions using PRQL, a query language that simplifies complex SQL with a pipeline approach. It's compatible with PostgreSQL v12-16 on Linux/macOS, and enhances readability and management of intricate SQL queries.

OpenAI Deal Lets Employees Sell Shares at $86B Valuation

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Bloomberg connects decision-makers with information and insights globally. OpenAI's recent stake sale values it at $86 billion, making it a top startup.

Show HN: RAM Prices

Comparison of all RAM sticks on Amazon, sorted by price per GB

Sony's Playstation Portal hacked, can now emulate PSP games

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The PlayStation Portal, initially for PS5 remote play, now supports PSP emulation thanks to hackers. Despite no immediate release, the hack expands the device's capabilities beyond streaming.

Endgame: A dashboard exploit for the original Xbox

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ENDGAME is a dashboard exploit for the original Xbox, allowing users to launch a habibi-signed XBE without a game or DVD drive. Created by @shutterbug2000 and @gaasedelen, it's compatible across all versions and risks data loss.

OTP at a High Level (2019)

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Erlang/OTP is a comprehensive framework that dictates application structure and live updates, with BEAM as its VM core. OTP applications define Erlang systems, differentiating between library and runnable applications.

The boundary of neural network trainability is fractal

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The study explores the fractal boundary in neural network hyperparameters affecting training stability, finding it spans over ten scale decades. arXivLabs underlines its commitment to openness and privacy, inviting collaborative projects.

Biologists discover four new octopus species

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Scientists discovered four new octopus species and hydrothermal vent ecosystems deep in the Pacific, indicating a potential hotspot for deep-sea life. The findings highlight unique octopus nurseries and may inspire future marine biology research and conservation efforts.

GoPro Ride Through an Electron Beam Irradiator at Full Beam Power [video]

GlobalFoundries wins $3.1B in CHIPS Act subsidies for NY, Vermont

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GlobalFoundries is set to receive $3.1 billion in federal aid to expand its New York chip plant and upgrade a Vermont factory, marking the largest CHIPS Act award yet. The expansion will create thousands of jobs and is crucial for U.S. national security and semiconductor supply.

Gemini 1.5 outshines GPT-4-Turbo-128K on long code prompts, HVM author

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The subreddit focuses on the Singularity, a point where AI surpasses human intelligence, potentially altering civilization. It explores the imminent creation of superintelligence and emphasizes the need for deliberate measures to ensure its benefits to humanity.

Wyze security incident update

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Wyze notified all users about a security breach on 2/16/24, with distinct emails based on impact level. Some received thumbnails not theirs, while others had theirs viewed.

Tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything

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MIT engineers have created an antitampering ID tag that uses terahertz waves and a unique glue pattern to authenticate items with over 99% accuracy. This innovation addresses security flaws in traditional RFIDs and could be widely used due to its small size and low cost.

The case against caffeine

Porting to GCC 14: C language issues

GCC 14 introduces changes such as treating certain warnings as errors to enforce new standards, which may affect porting efforts. It also requires explicit function declarations and correct pointer type usage to prevent bugs and improve code safety.

Floats Are Weird

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The article discusses the quirks of floating-point arithmetic in Python and demonstrates this with numerical approximations of a limit. It explains floating-point errors and how redundant computations and Taylor series approximations can reduce these errors.

FTC proposes new protections to combat AI impersonation of individuals

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The FTC seeks public input on a rule to ban individual impersonation, spurred by rising impersonation fraud and AI threats. It also finalizes a rule to combat government and business impersonation scams.

Show HN: CodeRev.app – Code Review as Interview

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The article questions if leetcode is the best way to assess technical candidates, suggesting evaluating their ability to understand existing code may be more indicative of their potential contribution. It also notes that roles often require code evaluation over writing, and coding exercises don't mimic real-world software development.

A Plea for Lean Software (1995)

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Extreme video compression with prediction using pre-trainded diffusion models

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The project requires video data in an array format of shape (B, 30, 3, 128, 128), and includes a 'city_bonn.npy' example. It offers code for compression benchmarks and uses checkpoints for video generation and image compression.

Star Trek: Borg – Remastered

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The article introduces 'Star Trek: Borg - Remastered,' a fan-made project that enhances the 1996 game with HD graphics, playable in-browser. It details gameplay controls, settings, and legal status, noting the game's abandonware nature and potential legal issues.

AMD Zen 5 CPUs Reportedly Made on TSMC's 3nm Process, Mass Production in Q3

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AMD's Zen 5 CPUs are set to begin production at TSMC in Q2 2024, with mass production in Q3. These CPUs, including various family lines, will utilize TSMC's 3nm and 4nm processes.

Ethernet: The Basics

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Ethernet is praised for its ubiquity, simplicity, and speed, utilizing just four wires for a 100Mbit link and supported by a wide array of hardware. It's versatile for various network configurations and offers different speed standards, with 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps being common, and higher speeds emerging.

Monitoring latency: Cloudflare Workers vs Fly vs Koyeb vs Railway vs Render

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The article compares latency and performance of serverless platforms using OpenStatus, highlighting Cloudflare Workers' global efficiency and lack of cold start issues. It also notes the need to balance latency, user experience, and cost when choosing a provider.

"Rabbit Test" Unwins the Hugo

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The article discusses the controversy surrounding the 2023 Hugo Awards, revealing political interference and self-censorship by the committee, which led to Chinese nominees being unfairly removed from the ballot. The author expresses regret for accepting a Hugo nomination and winner title, feeling it was not rightly earned.

Hip to be square – 70 years of the Citroën H Van (2017)

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The Citroën H Van has evolved from a post-WWII utility vehicle to a chic European street icon over 70 years, celebrated for its retro appeal and adaptability. Originally a technological marvel, it now enjoys cult status, often repurposed as a trendy food and beverage vendor.

Union, intersection, difference, and more are coming to JavaScript Sets

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JavaScript Sets, introduced in ES2015, lacked operations between sets which are now being added, including union, intersection, and difference. These enhancements are supported in Chrome 122+ and Safari 17+, with other browsers to follow.

Show HN: I made a simple daily word puzzle

A simple word game. Find the word fragment that completes 3 clues to form full words. TUN/GON/IN + DRA = TUNDRA/DRAGON/DRAIN

My PHP Problems

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The author expresses frustrations with PHP's inconsistencies, especially around static constructors and the new keyword, comparing it to Rust and Go. They also discuss the complexities of serialization/deserialization, desiring simpler and more robust solutions like Valinor and Serde.

Serving a website from a Git repo without cloning it

The article discusses serving websites directly from git repositories, illustrating how Domani reverse proxy simplifies this process by serving the latest commit without local cloning. It delves into git internals, explaining refs, objects, and how changes in files propagate through commit hashes.

The Namingless Programming Language

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The article discusses a unique programming language without names; it uses a single data structure (a tree of chars) and a sole operation, with programs named after the executable file. It supports decimal arithmetic on strings and uses specific character pairs for operations.

Reverse graffiti

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Reverse graffiti, created by cleaning dirt off surfaces, is used for art and controversial advertising; legality varies by location. Artist Paul Curtis pioneered it, and large-scale works like Alexandre Orion's Ossario have gained attention.

Death Valley National Park now offering a rare opportunity – kayaking

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Excessive rainfall has created a temporary kayaking spot in Death Valley's Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. This rare event follows nearly 5 inches of rain in six months, surpassing the annual average.

Building a hybrid native application with Gleam and Tauri

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The article details an experiment in building a hybrid native app using Gleam, a statically typed functional language, and Tauri, a framework for creating apps with web UIs and Rust backends. It outlines the process, from setting up the project to integrating Tauri's command system and emitting events between UI and backend.

Show HN: I built a vector database API on Cloudflare

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AthenaDB is a serverless, distributed vector database that operates as an API, requiring a subscription and built with Cloudflare technologies. It manages text data through conversion to embeddings, offering various API endpoints for data operations.

E2EE on the web: is the web that bad?

The article debates the trustworthiness of web applications for end-to-end encryption compared to native apps, highlighting that the web's vast attack surface and dynamic code present challenges. It suggests enhancing web app security through mechanisms like code bundling and signing, while considering user experience and deployment complexities.

Oxide reimagines private cloud as a 3k-pound blade server

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Oxide Computer's rackscale hardware reframes the rack as the datacenter's compute unit, with custom software and hardware, including a 15kW, 3,000-pound system. It integrates power-efficient components and a custom hypervisor, aiming to simplify and unify server, storage, and network management.

EU opens formal investigation into TikTok over possible online content breaches

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VPP on FreeBSD

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The article discusses the author's experience with Vector Packet Processing (VPP) on FreeBSD and compares performance across different network stacks. VPP shows promise for high-speed applications, but the author encounters issues with packet forwarding stability and CPU thread limitations during testing.

Josh: Just One Single History

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Josh enhances git history filtering by making it fast and incremental, allowing it to be part of regular workflows. It introduces a domain-specific language for complex filters, ensuring reversibility and efficiency.

Latest GPT-4 training data updated to December 2023

French telecom company Orange fined €650k for violation of GPL license

La cour d'appel a condamné Orange à payer 650 000 € à Entr’Ouvert pour contrefaçon de la licence GNU GPL v2. Orange a exploité le logiciel Lasso sans respecter les termes de la licence, causant un préjudice économique et moral à Entr’Ouvert.

Discovering hard disk physical geometry through microbenchmarking (2019)

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Modern hard drives have significantly evolved since the 1980s, with capacities increasing around 106 times and complexity growing to enable higher density and performance. The article discusses microbenchmarks used to infer hard drive geometry and other characteristics, which have become more intricate due to changes in track and sector arrangements on platters.

First satellite imagery of the Feb-13, 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey

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Dave Petley reports a significant landslide at Turkey's Copler gold mine, with unclear causes and ongoing search for missing staff. Mining permits were revoked, and SSR Mining executives were arrested over potential negligence.

Ask HN: My company went bankrupt today and I have 2 options

The software engineer and entrepreneur with over five years of experience faces a career crossroads after their salaried company's bankruptcy, contemplating full-time entrepreneurship despite past startup failures. They acknowledge the lack of "safe" entrepreneurship, weighing the risks of leaving a steady job.

Why are shopping carts always broken?

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Shopping cart wheels often malfunction due to environmental exposure and rough handling, not retailer strategy. Coin locks in Europe and rubber wheels enhance cart longevity and reduce wobbly wheels.

Bach’s Cantata Calendar

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The article discusses a portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach by Haussmann, located in Leipzig's Altes Rathaus, and a website that aligns Bach's cantatas with the liturgical calendar, providing daily selections and playlists on major streaming services.

Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0

The MacroSystem DraCo emulator now features full emulation with automatic RTG board switching, improved disk swapper functionality, and various fixes for interrupt timing, dark mode, disk DMA, and MMU emulation. Issues with graphics corruption, input configuration, and display settings have also been addressed.

AI Determines Sex of Person from Brain Scans

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An AI model developed by Stanford Medicine accurately determines brain sex with over 90% success, indicating significant sex-based brain organization differences. The model, using dynamic MRI scans and explainable AI, could advance personalized medicine for sex-specific brain disorders.

Job posts for workers without degrees are booming, but not the hiring

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Top U.S. firms are increasingly removing degree requirements for jobs, focusing on skills amidst a workforce shortage and questioning the economic value of degrees. However, a new report suggests that actual hiring of non-degreed workers is not aligning with this trend, with limited evidence of change in corporate hiring practices.

Capturing Avian Perspectives: Pigeon photography

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A photographer experiments with attaching lightweight cameras to pigeons to capture unique images and potentially study their behavior, inspired by the cultural history and previous pioneers in avian photography. The project involves collaboration with pigeon fanciers, innovative harness designs, and utilizes small, light cameras suitable for pigeon flight.

Google Cloud’s new Assured Open Source Software service (2022)

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The article highlights the growing concern over software supply chain risks, with Google introducing Assured OSS to enhance open source software security. Assured OSS will integrate with Snyk to help developers manage vulnerabilities and secure their software supply chains.

One place Planet 9 could be hiding

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The study in The Astronomical Journal aims to pinpoint Planet Nine's location, eliminating 78% of previous potential sites and suggesting it's a large planet beyond Pluto. Dr. Brown's team used Pan-STARRS data, narrowing the search and anticipating the LSST survey for future discovery.

The EU Wants Its Own DNS Resolver That Can Block 'Unlawful' Traffic,TorrentFreak

The EU is proposing DNS4EU, an alternative to US-based DNS services, focusing on privacy, security, and compliance with EU data rules. Concerns arise over potential overblocking and censorship with its filtering capabilities.

Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds

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The article discusses a study revealing that while home working can lead to healthier eating and less stress, it also increases the likelihood of weight gain and sedentary behavior. It emphasizes the need for employers to take home working seriously and adapt to maximize productivity and worker well-being.

Show HN: Searchbase – Plug-n-play semantic/fuzzy search for your data

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Searchbase offers an intuitive, real-time search and analytics solution with AI-enhanced insights, simplifying integration into applications. It provides customizable search experiences, powerful analytics, and a visual query builder to optimize user engagement and data discovery.

Falls are a leading cause of bone breaks, brain injuries for U.S. seniors

About 25% of U.S. seniors experience falls annually, with falls being the top cause of injuries. Prevention includes home safety measures, medication management, regular vision checks, and adhering to WHO's activity guidelines.

Measuring energy usage: regular code vs. SIMD code

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Modern processors with SIMD instructions like AVX-512 can perform multiple operations quickly using 512-bit registers, potentially saving energy despite higher power usage. Benchmarks show AVX-512 is more efficient, using less energy overall for faster task completion.

Opening /proc/self/fd/1 is not the same as dup(1)

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Unix processes use file descriptors linked to file descriptions; duplicating them or passing across processes creates multiple references to the same file description. However, on Linux, opening /dev/fd/* creates a separate file description, not a duplicate, affecting file position during write operations.

Qualcomm hardware support increasingly in good shape with Linux kernel

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Qualcomm SoC support on the mainline Linux kernel has improved, with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 quickly gaining upstream support. Neil Armstrong discussed this progress and ongoing work at FOSDEM 2024, highlighting areas like display and USB-C functionality, with some features still in development.

The Morgan Motor Company designed a modern coupe, the Aeromax

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Morgan Motor Company has maintained a tradition of crafting cars with a classic aesthetic, diverging from modern designs with engines behind the driver. The hiring of actual designers, starting with intern Matthew Humphries in 2004, marked a shift towards blending past and present design elements.

The Economics of Status (2006)

The article challenges the zero-sum perspective of societal roles and status, arguing that status is not fixed and can be perceived differently by individuals, allowing for multiple 'winners' in the status game. It suggests that status can be expanded like economic efficiency, and personal subgroups can redefine individual status without diminishing others'.

Why Are LLMs So Gullible?

What is a species, anyway?

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Researchers struggle to catalog Earth's species, with 2.3 million named but millions more undiscovered. The debate on defining species complicates conservation, as seen with giraffes, where one species may actually be four.

Greener cities: A necessity or a luxury?

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The article contrasts two books on urban development: Fitzgerald's critique of green urbanism in "The Living City," and Goldin and Lee-Devlin's support for sustainable cities in "Age of the City." It addresses the complexities of urban transformation, including the need for equitable and climate-resilient development.

The Empty Adderall Factory

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A national ADHD medication shortage is exacerbated by Ascent Pharmaceuticals' DEA shutdown over record discrepancies, halting its production of generic stimulants. Amidst rising demand and supply-chain issues, the shutdown removes a significant portion of the U.S. ADHD medication supply.

Show HN: Creating a Snake game clone with Rust/Bevy

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The article praises Bevy's dependency injection system for enhancing its ECS architecture, making game development intuitive. It illustrates this by detailing the creation of entities for a snake game, emphasizing the ease of managing game loops and entity interactions.

Mac Virtual Display on Vision Pro Requires Same Apple ID

The author expresses frustration with Apple's insistence on using the same Apple ID for multi-device features like Sidecar, which complicates usage with employer-issued hardware. They also criticize Apple's reluctance to support different use cases and acknowledge the issue.

Well Temperaments (Part 5)

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The article discusses Kirnberger's three well-tempered tuning systems, highlighting a new method for visualizing tunings that simplifies understanding. It explains the balance between fifths and major thirds in tuning, with Kirnberger III being the most successful system.

The Logitech G Cloud

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The author acquired a Logitech G Cloud gaming device, praising its large screen, comfortable ergonomics, and long battery life. They explored its capabilities for game emulation and streaming, finding it satisfactory for their needs despite some limitations.

Lwarp – Converts LaTeX to HTML

The package transforms LaTeX documents into HTML, supporting numerous LaTeX packages and different LaTeX engines, with semi-automatic configuration and support for SVG/MathJax math representation. It includes a texlua script for automation and requires Poppler and Perl, with comprehensive installation guides.

Israel's economy shrinks more than expected on Gaza war

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Israel's economy suffered a significant 19% annualized contraction in Q4 of 2023 due to the conflict with Hamas, with private spending, exports, and investment plunging. The war also disrupted trade, notably impacting Suez Canal revenue with Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping routes.

What if public housing were for everyone?

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The U.S. is exploring "social housing" with successful public-owned mixed-income housing projects in Montgomery County, Maryland. This model, diverging from traditional public housing, offers sustainable solutions for housing shortages without relying on federal subsidies.

Things you can do on your personal website

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The article encourages website enthusiasts to explore creative ideas for personal websites, providing a list for inspiration and inviting contributions to complete it. It suggests various features like multilingual bios, site maps, and engaging with the indie web community.

Show HN: A new search engine for finding leads

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The article introduces a search engine tailored for lead generation, allowing users to filter by industry, size, and location. It emphasizes the use of AI and Big Data to understand a business's digital presence and find investment opportunities.

'Byron: A Life in Ten Letters': The Regency's rakish rock star

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Gender differences in Dutch research funding over time

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The study examines if the Dutch Research Council's measures to reduce gender bias in its Talent Programme were effective, revealing a positive shift for women in the Veni grant tier, but no significant change in the Vidi and Vici tiers. It also discusses the temporal changes and potential lasting impacts of early career gender inequality on academic careers.

Inquiry launches into Polish ex-government's 'Pegasus' spying

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A Polish parliamentary committee investigates the use of Pegasus spyware by the previous government against political opponents and its own members. The inquiry will assess the legality, purpose, and funding of the spyware's use, with potential legal repercussions for misuse.

AI is making critical health care decisions, but is unregulated

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The FDA seeks to adapt its regulatory approach as AI in healthcare constantly evolves, requiring ongoing monitoring rather than one-time approvals. The agency faces challenges due to resource constraints and is exploring public-private partnerships for AI validation.

Air Canada chatbot promised a discount. Now the airline has to pay it

Jake Moffatt purchased a flight ticket for a funeral, misled by Air Canada's chatbot on bereavement rates, and later denied a refund. A tribunal ruled Air Canada owes damages, highlighting accountability issues with AI chatbots.

GCC's Move to C++ (2013)

The article discusses the transition of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) from being compiled with a C compiler to a C++ compiler, starting in 2008, to leverage C++ benefits. Despite initial resistance, the move was successful with gradual adoption and ongoing efforts to improve GCC using C++ features.

A decades-long art forgery scheme

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Morrisseau, a key figure in Canada's Indigenous art, denied authoring 23 paintings sold at auction, suspecting forgeries—a problem he faced since 1991. Years after his death, a police-led investigation uncovered what may be history's largest art fraud.

Largest natural gas leak from Nord Stream pipeline

California's war on plastic bag use seems to have backfired

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California's plastic bag waste increased despite a ban due to a loophole allowing heavier bags, prompting new legislation to close this gap. Efforts to combat plastic pollution include a new law phasing out single-use plastics by 2032.

Wyze camera breach let 13,000 strangers look into other people's homes

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Wyze security cameras experienced a breach after a system outage, incorrectly linking some users to others' camera feeds, affecting roughly 13,000 accounts. The company has contacted those impacted and implemented additional verification and system changes to prevent future incidents.

Peter Norvig: New Python Operators (2023)

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Python 3.8 introduces whimsical operators like the "walrus," "ski hat," "dumbbell," and others, adding quirky functionalities. Marked by April Fools' Day, the post humorously claims these operators work even in older Python versions.

The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps

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Heat pumps are outpacing gas furnaces in the US as a stealthy, efficient means to decarbonize homes, with federal funding boosting production and job creation. The Biden administration's funding, including new Defense Production Act dollars, aims for a fully electric, emission-reducing home heating system.

The Story of Curl

The author improved and renamed the tool httpget to curl, which evolved from a simple HTTP tool to a versatile command-line utility supporting multiple protocols. Curl became a critical open-source project, ranking highly in OpenSSF's criticality score.

Tell HN: Hard to change default search engine in Chrome to DuckDuckGo

The article discusses difficulties in setting DuckDuckGo as the default search engine in Chrome; it's not listed in the options, and traditional methods yield outdated solutions. The user resists installing extensions or switching browsers, despite using a standard Chrome version on Ubuntu LTS.

Free SVG generators, color tools and web design tools

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Fffuel provides free SVG creation tools for unique web and app designs, with customizable options for seamless integration. SVGs offer scalability and editing advantages, with additional tools for format conversion and color selection.

Why do so many big tech companies have awful apps and many indie apps are great?

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The article discusses the challenges in app development within large tech companies, highlighting issues like bureaucracy, focus on deadlines over quality, and lack of post-release support, leading to inferior products compared to those from smaller companies or passionate individuals. It also touches on the impact of corporate politics and the difficulty in implementing changes, even simple ...

Tubi Is Reviving a Lost Joy: Watching Bad Movies

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The article discusses the charm of low-budget "Sweded" films and Tubi's library of Z-movies, known for their poor quality but entertaining nature, with social media boosting their popularity.

Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers see into other people's homes

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Wyze's security breach, initially affecting 14 users, escalated to 13,000 due to a third-party caching issue during AWS outage recovery. The company apologized and is enhancing verification to prevent future incidents.

The Oxford Comma and the Internet (2013)

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The article discusses the debate over the Oxford comma's necessity, showing that its use can clarify or obscure meaning, and is variably accepted across style guides. It also reflects on the internet's impact on writing and discourse, highlighting the shift towards rapid, shallow communication over thoughtful reflection.

Enforced Amnesia as Way to Mitigate Risk of Silent Suffering in the Conscious AI

The article discusses the ethical implications of potential consciousness in AI systems, suggesting that AIs could experience suffering. It proposes memory resets to prevent suffering without confirming AI consciousness.

Show HN: Qoord, a simple quantum circuit simulator

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Qoord is a beginner-friendly quantum circuit simulator that uses Numpy and Python 3.10 or higher; it's designed to teach quantum computing basics and prototype algorithms. It simulates quantum logic gate operations on qubits, using bra-ket notation for vector manipulation and matrix multiplication.